Thinking of joining us?
Why Lewis-Manning Rising Voices?
Singing is good for health and wellbeing, it helps in recovering self-confidence - and it is fun.
After cancer treatment or a diagnosis of a life-limiting illness bereavement it is common to feel low and to lack confidence. Rising Voices can support people at such difficult times through meeting and singing together.
It is about people living with cancer or its effects, not dying from cancer - the message all too prevalent in the press and TV.
What do we do/what happens?
The choir meets weekly at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care. The weekly practices provides a friendly environment and highly values the social interaction that all involved find beneficial - a choir family.
There is no charge to join the choir, although there is a suggested weekly donation, which includes refreshments.
No previous musical experience is needed to join the choir - and it is amazing how quickly even the most reluctant singer gains confidence and a joy to see how much they benefit from taking part.
Where can you find us ?
Tuesday evenings, 6.45 – 9.00 pm rehearsal Lewis-Manning Hospice Care, 56, Longfleet Road, Poole BH15 2JD
How to join?
Either by turning up at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care on Tuesdays or through the website or phone 07500 676083 or email admin@risingvoices.org.uk
What we know about living with cancer or a long-term illness
When someone is diagnosed with cancer or a long-term illness a network of back-up and support comes into place through hospital clinics and cancer teams.
Through initial treatment people are supported - once treatment has finished or a loved one has died and there are no more frequent appointments, that’s when people can feel low, alone and unsupported.
Rising Voices provides a weekly social event and a chance for those living with cancer to enjoy being “normal” and not to be patients.
Research has demonstrated health benefits of singing – it confirms both physical benefits (improving breathing and strengthening the lungs), and emotional benefits (improving wellbeing and restoring self- confidence).
The social contact of being in such a choir also helps counteract feelings of loneliness and isolation - through meeting with people in similar circumstances to their own.
It’s fun that brings joy to others, as well as helping those affected by cancer or a long-term illness to recover confidence and well-being.
Who runs the choir?
It is managed by a Steering Group that include staff from LMHC, the choir directors and members of the choir, who bring together a background in healthcare and music.